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Meaning of 'glassy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Glassy [ a.]
- Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
- Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
- Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.

Meaning of 'glassy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . glassy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
Example in sentence:
  • a glassy stare;
  • empty eyes;
  • his eyes were glazed over with boredom
Meaning (2):
- (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
Example in sentence:
  • glassy porcelain;
  • glazed pottery;
  • hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures
Meaning (3):
- resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
Example in sentence:
  • the glassy surface of the lake;
  • the pavement was...glassy with water

Nearby Words:

glabell/ glabella glabellum glabrate glabreate glabriate glabrity glabrous glacial glacialist

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